PEAK Pilates Mat Lvl 1 Exam Questions and Answers Verified by Experts

Hundred - ANSWER-Knees to chest; chin to chest, extend the legs up to 90 degrees. Raise arms hip height and start pumping 6 to 8 inches • "Get your circulation going!" "Imprint spine into the mat" • "Connect the ribs to the hips, and ribs to the scapula" • " Press the Centerline with both legs" Inhale for 5, exhale for 5, Total reps - 100 pumps, 10 full breaths Transition to Roll Up: Knees to chest, lower your head to mat and reach fingertips to the ceiling. Lower feet back down to the mat and strech the legs out long Roll Up - ANSWER-chin to chest, Inhale to prepare, roll up and peel your spine off the mat, bring belly button back and up into the ribs creating C curve. Exhale reach and stretch for your toes.Inhale Scoop and roll down, vertabrae by vertabrae. Head coming down last. Hands reach back for the stretch. Keep back ribs in the mat. Inhale head comes between arms and roll back up. • Total reps - 5 Transition for one leg circle: Set feet on the floor hands by your side press hips back legs extended. Roll down, Draw your right knee into the chest and extend it to the ceiling One Leg Circle - ANSWER-Circle across the body down, around and up! keep pelvis imprinted into the mat. Hug that centerline • Total reps - 5 each direction • "Cut a circle in the sky" • "Work from the Seat" • "Connect the ribs to the Powerhouse. Connect ribs to the Mat." Transition to rolling like a ball: Stretch both legs out on the mat and roll up. Place your hands on the